Auf Wiedersehen
In the seventh episode of The Umbrella Academy Season 3, Lila is dropped into Berlin in 1989 to help take down the wall. Interestingly, there is a briefcase hidden in the concrete and alongside this, a letter from The Handler calls her clever and reminds her not to trust anyone. ..
Lila let loose after this, drumming in a band and letting her frustrations out. Stan happened to be in the back, covering his ears. Stan’s mum had run off with the bass player though, leaving a hungover Lila with babysitting duties for Stan. Lila came up with a good idea though, deciding they should leave together and go to the US, intending to “terrorize an old friend.” Lila let loose after this, drumming in a band and letting her frustrations out. Stan happened to be in the back of the room covering his ears. Stan’s mum had run off with the bass player though leaving Lila with babysitting duties for Stan. Lila came up with a good idea though and decided they should leave together and go to America intending to “terrorize an old friend.” ..
Meanwhile, Reginald continues to terrorize Klaus, bundling him into the trunk of his car and excitedly chirping that they have work to do. Allison is still moping about, smoking, while Luther worries that Viktor is going to go ballistic when they find out about Harlan.
After all the other team members decide to team up, Viktor comes rushing in and Allison calls their bluff, revealing that Harlan started all of this and killed their parents. Viktor believes this is payback though, as these two go toe to toe. In fact, Allison somehow blasts a shout at Viktor, causing her to cough uncontrollably. “We should have left you in the basement” Allison eventually rasps, as Viktor smacks her in the face and takes off. ..
Elsewhere, Reginald “trains” Klaus, helping him to come back from death quicker and quicker each time. Eventually Klaus manages to nail it down to no time at all. Only, these celebrations are cut short by Reginald smiling and claiming “now you’re ready!” Klaus pauses. “Ready for what?”
Reginald takes Klaus out to the familiar mausoleum we saw he was haunted by in his past. Reginald encourages him to face his past and take back what he lost. Reginald gives him some encouraging words, leading him into the graveyard where all these spirits surround him. As they close in, Klaus uses some sort of shockwave to dissipate them.
Meanwhile, the group at the Academy work together to encourage Viktor to conjure a forcefield. Sloane takes over and uses her gravity powers to condense this field down. It seems to do the trick, at least at first, but building this prison causes all sorts of issues with Grace. She heads down to the basement, spewing religious prophetic messages, and coming armed with a flamethrower. ..
Five teleports Grace to the main atrium, snapping her neck and stopping her from hurting the others. Back in the basement, the orb is closed down, allowing Christopher, the swirling alien box, to close in around it and try to contain its energy. With the Kugelwave inbound, they all breathe a sigh of relief as it seems to amount to nothing. Everyone celebrates saving the world… minus Allison of course. ..
Lila tells Diego in confidence that she’s worried about whether or not she’ll be a good mother and that she’s pregnant. She doesn’t think she’ll make a very good mother, but seeing him with Stan convinced her that he could be a good dad. In truth, Lila wants a family with Diego. As he smiles warmly, he decides to think it over before giving her an answer.
Meanwhile, Christopher, Ben and Fei discuss their plans with the Umbrella Academy. Fei wants to kill them all but Ben admits he’s struck a deal with Reginald. However, the three commit mutiny against him and decide to undermine his authority. However… there’s another problem. The orb explodes out from Christopher, swallowing Fei, destroying this alien box and causing devastation across the Academy. In fact, the explosion is so great, it consumes the entire building. ..
The Episode Review
Despite being a pretty good idea in theory, the Umbrella and Sparrow Academy – quite literally – blow up in their faces. The group are forced to flee as this orb spreads, while Reginald clearly has more diabolical plans with Klaus than he’s letting on. If there’s one thing we know about Reginald, he can’t be trusted and that much seems true here.
Episode 4 of the new season of “Project Oblivion” is set to air on October 12th and will focus on the character drama that has been seeping out. The show’s creators have not yet revealed what will happen in this episode, but they promise that it is “no less intriguing” than the previous three. However, some fans are concerned about what will happen when the characters try to destroy all of the Sparrow Academy except for Ben, who they feel should be brought back into the group after he lost one of his own. ..
We still have 3 more episodes to go with this one though, and that ending certainly leaves the door wide open for where this one may go next!
